donnaw, the Post office doesn't lose money "every year". Do some reading. Of course they've lost money during the recession. A lot of companies have. However, look at their history. They make money on operations. Tax payer money is NOT used to run the post office. Using your logic, any company posting a loss would immediately go out of business.

The post office has been ordered by a Republican congress to set aside 75 YEARS of pension obligations over the next 10 years. That's why they are in the red now.

Zoom...the PO lost $3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2012 alone.

Zoom...if the PO operates without govt assistance then why is it announced every year that the "PO has lost ----- billions of dollars this year." Who makes that loss up?

Thank you Governor Walker for Keeping Wisconsin Open for Business!

I feel bad for the 120 people who will get those jobs. Data Dimensions was by far one of the worst companies I have ever worked for.

The government can obviously create jobs when the government has the power to create $$$. The government could fix unemployment by giving everyone unemployed a job digging ditches, and when done, go fill them back in, and repeat. Pay them a 'living wage' via $$$ they borrow or create. So there is no question the government can create jobs, the broader question is can the $$$ they borrow-print and spend to create those jobs be ones that will sustain them-self and provide REAL economic-GDP growth to our economy going forward.
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The post office is actually in the red BECAUSE of government, and what congress has required of them over the years. Their operations, logistics, and efficiency is as good, if not better then UPS and FedEx (both of which are profitable companies). Their business model is sound, and should be profitable...It's things that have been passed by congress out of their control which have crippled them into the red, not their operations.

Government requirement will force DD to pay 12.50 to 15.50 per hour. No outcry from the right about big govt? Surely DD should be able to pay its employees what they deem fair, not what govt tells them to. Do current employees make this wage scale? Apparently to win a govt contract you need to pay a rate slightly above poverty level. Should get some people off the system, makes sense to me.

Bowlgal, what you call "shuffling through office paperwork", I call the cost of war to support our veterans. I know some veterans who would consider those jobs critical to their survival.

Still waiting for the teabag hatters to explain how this isn't government creation of jobs. Suddenly, because these are Janesville jobs, spending more taxpayer money is OK. What a bunch of hypocrites.

I'll repeat that in another way: The Post Office operates WITHOUT TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE.

Bowlgal, the Post Office does just fine on their own. In their history, they haven't lost money on operations until this last recession. Blame a Republican Congress for forcing the Post Office to fund 75 years of pensions in 10.

Bowlgal, you see, that's the thing. You can't say that privatization is great and then turn around and pretend that government doesn't create jobs.

Zoom, just you using the phrase teabagger shows your lack of knowledge. Gazette should not allow this type of gross behavior.

The TEA party would applaud. typo

dtb you miss the entire point of the TEA Party don't you? This is government acting responsibly, granting a more cost effective private industry to manage the task rather then thousands of overpaid IRS type employees who mainly sit on their butts and fork out millions to illegals. This is something the TEA party would appauld.

Zoom, Would fighting a war and shuffling through office paperwork be very different? I would think so. This is great news to see a private sector company get a government job. Let's try to do this with the post office. Of course, I'll beat these aren't union jobs, that have all but destroyed the public sector, our tax paying pocket book and the economic in general.

donnaw, using your logic, the government couldn't "do it's job" during any of the wars it's undertaken.

Zoom and doggie....see the govt has to give the work to the private sector to get the job done!

Doggie...I was responding to the comment that govt does create jobs. It is wonderful that Janesville will benefit from the govt being unable to do their job.

Govt had to outsource this job to private business because they couldn't do it efficiently. AND PAID FOR BY TAX PAYER MONEY!

Oblamer - I would really like an answer to my question. If no answer, I will then know and share that you now believe that government can create jobs. Here you go again in case you forgot the question. "So Oblamer, who created these jobs? The jobs are in support of the military. Who employs the military that then required these jobs?"

My understanding is that Data Dimensions will be receiving the hard copy (paper) and scanning it into digital form. The claims will still be processed by regular VA staff.

If the VA is giving up the processing of the applications for service from the vets to Data Dimensions, what happened to the processing dept that was doing this work? Were these govt workers laid off? Obviously if the work they were doing is no longer there, they are not needed. Just wondering. A good reporter would have found this out.

I'm just glad Romney didn't go after Governor Walker.....Walker has been and will continue to be instrumental in setting our state on the right course. He is one of the few politicians who failed to fold under pressure. Good luck to the Romney/Ryan ticket......They definitely have my vote!

Romney set to announce VP pick tomorrow.
Romney's plane rumored to be at Rock County
Airport today.
Anybody heard anything?
Perhaps he is planning to follow my advice and pick Paul Ryan.
;-)

Just remember Data Dimension, you didn't build that, someone else did it for you.

No need to find Romney's tax returns.
I am sure that he has them.
He will not release them because he says
that there are things in there
that the Democrats will use against him.
What things?
His wife says that we do not need to know.

So Oblamer, who created these jobs? The jobs are in support of the military. Who employs the military that then required these jobs?

After being hired there this year, I can say that I'm proud to work for Data Dimensions. They treat their employees so well and the new hires will see that too.

"A ... Janesville business ... landed a government contract." How can teabaggers live with this?

I am guessing these are new jobs based on:

"The VA has come under criticism for a growing backlog of claims created by mountains of paper records that adjusters must wade through to make decisions and payments."

It seem logical that if they landed the contract someone else somewhere must have lost it. So are these really new jobs or just new jobs in Janesville because 120 people somewhere else just lost their jobs?

"A growing Janesville business that specializes in document conversion and management has landed a government contract that will require 120 new employees." Can't wait to see comments about whether government creates jobs or not. I do assume from the way that this is worded that this company did not hire 120 new employees because the Bush tax cuts gave them the incentive to do that hiring and then went out got the government contract because they invested in their hiring up front.

Bottom line is that this is really good news for residents of Janesville and Rock County.